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The Associated Press that Kennedy has decided not to run in the summer special election because he doesn’t want to uproot his family from their home in Connecticut.

Kennedy released a statement declaring he has a “strong desire” to serve and may run “at another point in my future.” The health care lawyer and son of legendary Mass. Sen. Ted Kennedy said he was “extremely grateful for all of the offers of support,” but added he considered Connecticut his home.

While Kennedy’s decision not to run in Massachusetts is good for other Democrats, it might not be good for the Democratic Party. A poll released last week showed departing GOP Sen. Scott Brown beating other Democratic challengers easily, with double-digit leads over veteran Reps. Stephen Lynch, Michael Capuano and Ed Markey.

Brown won his Senate seat after the death of the elder Kennedy in 2009. Kennedy had held the seat for almost a half-century. Brown lost to Democrat Elizabeth Warren in November, but Kerry’s nomination as secretary of state could give him an easy chance to return to the upper chamber.

Readers' Comments (1)

We desperately NEED someone with the passion of his father, but I am personally happy to see him focused on his family instead of entering the disfunctional world of politics now. Its not the institution it used to be where the interest of "the people" was actually put ahead of other idealogical interests. The Kennedy Family has suffered tragic losses in the world of politics and that is the last thing anyone who grew up in the "Camelot era" wants to see.